JUNE 18
BORN ON JUNE 18
1990 – Jacob Anderson, actor in “Overlord,” “Comedown,” “Demons Never Die,” “Chatroom,” “Pool Shark – short” and the TV Series “Interview with the Vampire.”
1979 – Kristina Klebe, appeared in “Tales of Halloween,” “Extremity,” “Slay Belles,” “The Devil’s Carnival: Alleluia!” “Proxy,” “Killer Mermaid,” “Chillerama,” “Zone of the Dead,” “Halloween [2007]” and more.
1975 – Patrick Melton, wrote the screenplay for “Feast,” “Feast 2: Sloppy Seconds,” “Saw IV & V, VI,” “Saw: The Final Chapter,” “Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark,” “Piranha 3DD” and more.
1965 – Kim Dickens, starred in “Fear the Walking Dead – TV Series,” “Hollow Man” and “The Gift.”
1955 – Kevin Burns executive producer of such documentaries as “Monstermania,” “The Omen Legacy” and more.
1955 – Steve Miner, directed “Friday the 13th” Part 2 & Friday the 13th Part III,” “Lake Placid,” “Day of the Dead [2008],” “House [1985],” “Halloween H20: 20 Years Later” and more.
1952 – Carol Kane, starred in “The Dead Don’t Die,” “Transylvania 6-5000,” “When A Stranger Calls,” “Addams Family Values,” “When A Stranger Calls” and more.
1942 – Roger Ebert, legendary film critic and screenwriter.
1917 – Richard Boone, starred in “I Bury the Living” and “The Last Dinosaur.”
1910 – Dick Foran, starred in “The Mummy’s Hand,” “The Mummy’s Tomb.”
1910 – E.G. Marshall, appeared in “Creepshow” and “Two Evil Eyes.”
1904 – Keye Luke, actor in “Gremlins,” “Mad Love,” “Godzilla Rises Again,” “The Cat Creature,” “Dead Heat” and “Gremlins 2: The New Batch.”
DIED ON JUNE 18
2022 – Nikolay Markin, production manager for “Viy.”
2022 – Adibah Noor, actress in “Hantu ke Lima – aka Ghost to Five” and “Selamat Hari X Jadi – aka Happy X Anniversary.”
2020 – Dame Vera Lynn, soundtrack for “The Dark Hour,” “Hellboy [2004],” “House of Voices,” “Stranger Things – Episode The Sauna Test [2019]” and “American Horror Story – Episode Monsters Among Us [2014].”
2007 – Vincent Sherman, who directed “The Return of Dr. X”.
2006 – Richard Stahl, appeared in “Beware The Blob!” and “Terminal Island”.
2004 – Writer/producer/actor George “Buck” Flowers, appearances in “The Fog” [1980] and “Body Bags.”
1999 – Aimée Delamain, actress in “I, Monster,” “The House in Nightmare Park,” “Haunted: The Ferryman,” as well as episodes of “Thriller,” “Shadows,” “Armchair Thriller” and “The Man Outside.”
1996 – Fred Applegate, script department for “Night Nurse,” “Mystery of the Wax Museum,” Devil’s Partner” and “Space Probe Taurus.”
1988 – Marjorie Corso, costume department for “The She-Creature,” “The Spider,” “Frankenstein’s Daughter,” “Ghost of Dragstrip Hollow,” “A Bucket of Blood,” “House of Usher,” “The Pit and the Pendulum,” “Tales of Terror,” “The Haunted Palace,” “Twice-Told Tales” and more.
1982 – Curd Jürgens, appeared in “The Mephisto Waltz,” “The Vault of Horror,” “The Sleep of Death” and “Hexen.”
1980 – Terence Fisher, directed “The Curse of Frankenstein,” “Horror of Dracula” and “Curse of the Werewolf”.
1973 – Roger Delgado played in “The Mummy’s Shroud” and “The First Man into Space”.
FILMS RELEASED ON JUNE 18
House of Usher [1960] – Palm Springs, CA – premiere
Frankenstein Created Woman [1967] – UK
The Mummy’s Shroud [1967] – UK
Eye of the Cat [1969] – NYC
Willard [1971] – NYC
The Food of the Gods [1976]
Body Snatchers [1993]
Haunted [1995]
Psycho Beach Party [2000] – San Francisco International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival
Lake Mungo [2008] – Sydney Film Festival
Nightfall [2009]
Bitter Feast [2010]
Dark Souls [2010] – South Side Film Festival
Zombie Beach [2010] – Urban Suburban Film Festival
The Haunting of Helena [2012]
Blood Spirit [2020] – Internet
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JUNE 19
BORN ON JUNE 19
1981 – Robin McLeavy, actress in “The Loved Ones” and “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter.”
1974 – Jennifer Siebel Newsom, appeared in “April Fool’s Day” and “Dinocroc.”
1972 – Robin Tunney, starred in “Monster Party,” “The Zodiac,” “End of Days” and “The Craft.”
1967 – Mia Sara, who starred in “Apprentice to Murder,” “Daughter of Darkness” and “The Maddening.”
1965 – Sadie Frost, actress in “Bram Stoker’s Dracula,” “Crimetime,” “Presence of Mind,” and “Beyond the Rave.”
1950 – Daria Nicolodi, starred in “Deep Red” wrote and starred in “Suspiria,” “Beyond the Door II,” “Inferno,” “Tenebrae,” “Phenomena,” “Opera” and “Mother of Tears”.
1950 – Ray Lovelock, appeared in “Autopsy,” “Let Sleeping Corpses Lie,” “Play Motel,” “The Last House on the Beach” and “Midday Demons.”
1938 – Rosalba Neri, actress in “The Castle of Fu Manchu,” “Asylum Erotica,” “Lady Frankenstein,” “The Devil’s Lover,” “Smile Before Death,” “The Devil’s Wedding Night, The Girl in Room 2A” and more.
1920 – David Peel, starred in “Brides of Dracula” and appeared in “The Hands of Orlac.”
1920 – Anthony Sagar, appeared in “X the Unknown,” “Jack the Ripper” and “Carry on Screaming.”
1919 – Louis Jourdan, starred in the 1977 BBC TV movie “Count Dracula” and appeared in the films “Swamp Thing” and “The Return of Swamp Thing.”
1914 – Harry Lauter appeared in “It Came From Beneath the Sea,” “Creature With the Atom Brain,” and “The Werewolf.”
1894 – Cliff Hess, composer/stock music for “Mystery of the Wax Museum.”
DIED ON JUNE 19
2022 – Brett Tuggle, former keyboardist for David Lee Roth Band and Fleetwood Mac, soundtrack – song “Burnin’ in the Third Degree” for “Terminator [1984].”
2021 – Sayed Mustafa, actor in “A Cry from Beyond,” “Love and Revenge… With a Meat Cleaver,” “Circle of Death” and “The Deadly Call.”
2020 – Sir Ian Holm, starred in “Alien,” “From Hell,” “eXistenZ,” “Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein,” “Bless the Child” and more.
2019 – Peter Allan Fields, writer for the TV episode of “Darkroom: Guillotine [1982],” and “Darkroom: A Quiet Funeral [1981].”
2016 – Anton Yelchin, appeared in “Fright Night [2011],” “Terminator Salvation,” “Odd Thomas,” “Only Lovers Left Alive,” “Burying the Ex,” “Green Room” and more.
2012 – Richard Lynch, portrayals in “God Told Me To,” “Bad Dreams,” “Alligator II: The Mutation,” “Rob Zombie’s Halloween,” “The Lords of Salem” and the TV film “Vampire”.
2011 – Don Diamond, actor in “The Toolbox Murders [1978].”
1997 – Mark Patrick Carducci, wrote the screenplays for “Neon Maniacs,” “Pumpkinhead” and was writer/director/producer of “Flying Saucers Over Hollywood: The Plan 9 Companion.”
1991 – Jean Arthur, soundtrack for “False Positive” song “Who Am I?”
1963 – Phil Goldstone, producer for “The Drums of Jeopardy,” “White Zombie” and “The Vampire Bat.”
FILMS RELEASED ON JUNE 19
The Golem [1921]
Them! [1954]
I Was A Teenage Werewolf [1957]
King Kong Escapes [1968]
Cannibal Holocaust [1980] – West Germany
The X-Files [1998]
Exorcist Chronicles [2007]
The Tomb [2007]
Office Uprising [2018]
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JUNE 20
BORN ON JUNE 20
1971 – Josh Lucas, starred in “She Dies Tomorrow,” “Thinner,” “Child of Darkness, Child of Light – TV Movie,” “Session 9,″ “American Psycho,” Tell Tale,” “The Black Demon” and more.
1968 – Robert Rodriguez directed the films “From Dusk Till Dawn,” “The Faculty,” “Sin City,” “Planet Terror” “Grindhouse,” “From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series” and more.
1967 – Nicole Kidman starred in “The Others,” “The Stepford Wives [2004],” “Dead Calm,” “The Killing of a Sacred Deer” and “The Invasion.”
1952 – John Goodman, starred in “10 Cloverfield Lane,” “Captive State,” “Red State,” “Arachnophobia” and “C.H.U.D.”
1947 – Candy Clark, appeared in “Q: The Winged Serpent,” “The Blob [1988],” “Zodiac [2007],” “Amityville 3D” and “Cat’s Eye.”
1945 – Claude Bessy, actor in “The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries – Episode: Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew Meet Dracula Part 1 & Part 2.”
1933 – Brett Halsey, starred in “Return of the Fly,” and appeared in “Revenge of the Creature” and “Twice Told Tales.”
1928 – Martin Landau, appeared in “Sleepy Hollow,” “Alone in the Dark,” “Without Warning,” “The Being,” “The Fall of the House of Usher,” “Ed Wood” and more.
1928 – William Berger, actor in “Maya,” “I’m Dangerous Tonight,” “Dial Help,” “The Spider Labyrinth,” “Devil Fish,” “The Sinister Eyes of Dr. Orloff,” “Five Dolls for an August Moon,” “The Murder Clinic” and more.”
1919 – Bruce Gordon, appeared in “Curse of the Undead,” “Tower of London” and “Piranha.”
1909 – Robb White, wrote screenplays for “Macabre,” “The Tingler,” House On Haunted Hill [1959], 13 Ghosts [1960], “Homicidal,” the story for “House on Haunted Hill [1999]” and “Thir13en Ghosts” with his characters being the creation of Return to House on Haunted Hill [2007].
1886 – William Van Vleck, appeared in “King Kong [1933].”
DIED ON JUNE 20
2021 – Joanne Linville, appeared in episodes of the TV Series “Matinee Theatre,” “Alfred Hitchcock Presents,” “The Twilight Zone” and “Great Ghost Tales.”
2020 – Charles Philip Latham, actor in “Dracula: Prince of Darkness.”
2019 – Eduardo Verchez Garcia, actor in “Blood of the Vampires,” “Devil Woman,” “Beast of Blood,” “Living Dead,” “The Twilight People,” “Predictive Blood,” “The Devil’s Daughter,” and many more.
2019 – William Roderick Collins, appeared in “Howling III.”
1986 – Tim Herbert, who appeared in “The Boston Strangler” and “Duel.”
1984 – Estelle Winwood, starred in “The Cabinet of Calagari.”
1978 – Mark Robson, directed “Isle of The Dead,” “The 7th Victim” and “Bedlam.”
1964 – Edgar Barrier, appeared in “Phantom of the Opera [1943]” and “The Giant Claw.”
1961 – Jack Dawn, make-up for “The Picture of Dorian Gray,” “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde [1941]” and “Mark of the Vampire.”
FILMS RELEASED ON JUNE 20
The Invasion of the Vampires [1963]
Island of Terror [1966] – Chicago
Jaws [1975]
The Hearse [1980]
Girls Nite Out aka “The Scaremaker” [1982]
Tetsuo II: Body Hammer [1997] – Chicago, IL
Terror Firmer [1999] – New York City
Demon Under Glass [2002]
Dead Rising: Endgame [2016]
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JUNE 21
BORN ON JUNE 21
1978 – Erica Durance, appeared in “The Untold,” and “House of the Dead.”
1971 – Juliette Lewis starred in “Ma,” “From Dusk Till Dawn,” “The 4th Floor,” “Sacred Lies – TV Series” and “Natural Born Killers.”
1964 – David Morrissey, appeared in “The Walking Dead – TV Series” and “The Reaping.”
1947 – Meredith Baxter, actress in “Ben,” the TV Movies “The Cat Creature,” “The Invasion of Carol Enders” and an episode of the TV Series “The Wide World of Mystery.”
1947 – Michael Gross, starred in “Tremors” and all the sequels as well as the short-lived TV series of the same name.
1940 – Mariette Hartley, starred in “The Return of Count Yorga,” and the TV movies “The Halloween That Almost Wasn’t” and “Earth II.”
1944 – Tony Scott, directed “The Hunger [1983],” “The Hunger – TV Series” and producer for “Tell Tale.”
1917 – Russell Wade appeared in “The Body Snatcher,” “Ghost Ship” and “The Leopard Man.”
1903 – Alfred R. Bird, sound department for “House of Usher,” “The Evil Eye,” “Diary of a Madman,” “X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes,” “Black Sabbath,” “Twice-Told Tales” and “Panic in Year Zero!”
1871 – DeWitt Jennings, actor in “Seven Footprints to Satan,” “The Bat Whispers” and “Mystery of the Wax Museum.”
DIED ON JUNE 21
2022 – Artie Kane, composer for “Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell,” “The Bat People ,” music department for “King Kong [1976],” “Audrey Rose,” “The Car,” “Jurassic Park,” “The Freighters,” “Alien Resurrection,” “Mars Attack!” and more.
2022 – David Pugh, actor in “A Warning to the Curious,” “Burke & Hare,” “The Man Outside – Episode: A Persistent Coffin” as well as the TV Movies “The Stalls of Barchester,” “A Warning to the Curious” and “The Ash Tree.”
2022 – Duncan Henderson, assistant director for “Halloween II [1981]” and producer for “Deep Blue Sea.”
2022 – Leon Lissek, actor in “Countess Dracula,” “Tales That Witness Madness,” “Bloodmoon” and the TV Series “Journey to the Unknown.”
2021 – Nina Divísková, actress in “The Great Unknown,” “Morgiana” and “Wolf’s Hole.”
2021 – Nobuo Hara, actor in “Snake Woman’s Curse.”
2020 – Jürgen Holtz, appeared in “Love, Death and the Railroad – TV Movie” and “Hamlet X.”
2019 – William Simons, actor in “The Witchmaker,” “Necromancy,” “The Killing Kind,” and the TV Movie “The Woman in Black.”
2015 – Tony Longo, appeared in “Fangs,” “The Violent Kind” and “Wicked Karma.”
2013 – Diane Clare, actress in “The Haunting [1963],” “The Plague of the Zombies,” “Witchcraft,” “The Vulture” and “Beast of Morocco.”
2010 – Bobby Walker, part of the art department on the “Son of Svengoolie” show.
2007 – Robert Witthans, appeared in the TV Movie “Deathmoon.”
2006 – Nazzareno Natale, actor in “Slugs.”
2001 – Carroll O’Connor, starred in the TV movie “Fear No Evil” and episodes of “The Outer Limits.”
FILMS RELEASED ON JUNE 21
The Ghost Breakers [1940]
Frenzy [1972]
Beware the Blob! [1972]
Lifeforce [1985]
Children of The Corn V: Field of Terror [1998]
Dahmer [2002] – Los Angeles
2001 Maniacs [2005] – DVD premiere
The Abandoned [2007] – Portugal
Child’s Play [2019]
Ouija Room [2019]
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JUNE 22
BORN ON JUNE 22
1981 – Amanda Brooks, appeared in “Chillerama” and episodes of “The Birch.”
1968 – Paula Irvine, starred in “Phantasm II,” “Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead” and “Bates Motel – TV Movie].”
1965 – Uwe Boll, writer/producer/director, whose films include “House of the Dead,” “Seed,” “The Profane Exhibit,” “Alone in the Dark,” “Bloodrayne” and more.
1963 – Heidi Kozak, appeared in “Society”, “Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood,” “Slumber Party Massacre II” and “The Twilight Zone – TV Series.”
1962 – Nicholas Lea, appeared in “The X-Files – TV Series,” “Supernatural – TV Series” “V – TV Series” and more.
1958 – Bruce Campbell, starred in “The Evil Dead [1981],” “Army of Darkness,” “Ash vs Evil Dead – TV Series,” “Bubba Ho-Tep,” “Maniac Cop,” “The Wretched,” and many more.
1953 – Cyndi Lauper, soundtrack for “The Talisman” and the TV Show “Stranger Things – Episode: Chapter Nine: The Gate.”
1949 – Lindsay Wagner, appeared in 2 episodes of the TV Series “Night Gallery.”
1941 – Michael Lerner, appeared in “Strange Invaders,” “Godzilla [1998]” and “Anguish.”
1924 – Carl Biddiscombe, set decorator for “Terror in the Wax Museum,” “Arnold” and the TV Movie “The Darker Side of Terror.”
1920 – Paul Frees, voice of the “Ghost Host” in Disney’s Haunted Mansion.
1914 – Tim Herbert, appeared in “Soylent Green,” the TV movies “Duel” and “The Boston Strangler.”
1904 – Norman Breedlove, special effects for “The Mole People,” “The Unknown Terror,” “The Amazing Colossal Man,” “The Monolith Monsters” and “Diary of a Madman.”
DIED ON JUNE 22
2022 – Patrick Adams, soundtrack for “A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge” and “Devil’s Express.”
2022 – Robert Katz, producer for “The Ambulance,” “The Lost Platoon” and “It’s Alive.”
2021 – Poovachal Khader, Lyricist for “Manasariyathe” and “Veendum Lisa.”
2021 – Antonio Salines, appeared in “Il fascino dell’insolito – aka The Charm of the Unusual
Episode: Vampirismus – aka Vampirism.”
2020 – Joel T. Schumacher, directed “Blood Creek,” “Flatliners” and “The Lost Boys.”
1988 – Bramwell Fletcher, starred in “The Mummy [1932],” and “The Undying Monster.”
1987 – Fred Astaire, starred in “Ghost Story”.
1983 – David MacDonald, directed “Devil Girl from Mars,” the 1968 TV movie “Jack the Ripper” and “The Veil” TV series.
1979 – Hope Summers, actress in “The Couch,” “Rosemary’s Baby,” “Evil Town,” “Homicidal” and an episode of the TV Series “Night Gallery.”
1969 – Judy Garland, soundtrack for “Cheap [2005]” song “Get Happy.”
1965 – David O. Selznick, producer for “King Kong [1933],” “The Most Dangerous Game,” “Thirteen Women” and suggested character for “Dracula’s Daughter.”
FILMS RELEASED ON JUNE 22
The Lost World [1925]
It Came from Beneath the Sea [1955] – France
Alien [1979]
Nightwing [1979]
Faceless [1988]
Robocop 2 [1990]
Scooby Doo and the Loch Ness Monster [2004]
1408 [2007]
The Wizard of Gore [2007]
Fish Bait: The Movie [2009]
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter [2012]
Antisocial 2 [2015] – Turkey
The Rezort [2015] – Long Beach
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JUNE 23
BORN ON JUNE 23
1976 – Emmanuelle Vaugier, who appeared in “Ripper,” “Unearthed,” “Saw II & IV” and more.
1974 – Joel Edgerton, has starred in “It Comes at Night,” “The Gift,” “Acolytes” and “The Thing [2011].”
1972 – Selma Blair, has appeared in “Hellboy,” “Hellboy II: The Golden Army”, “The Fog [2005],” “Scream 2,” “Mom and Dad,” “In Their Skin” and more.
1969 – Martin Klebba, appeared in the three “Feast” films, “Van Helsing,” “Eliose [2016],” “Range 15,” “Blood Shot,” “Clown Motel: Spirts Arise,” “House of Mirrors” and more.
1962 – Billy Wirth, appeared in “Lost Boys,” “Seven Mummies,” “Body Snatchers,” “Echoes,” “Tales from the Crypt – TV Series” and more.
1962 – Kevin Yagher, makeup effects artist worked on “A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge” and also created the “Chucky” animatronic puppet for the “Child’s Play” films.
1959 – Duane Whitaker, appeared in “The Devil’s Rejects,” “3 From Hell,” “Halloween II [2009],” “Feast,” “Hobogoblins,” “Night of the Scarecrow,” “American Nightmares” and more.
1958 – Dan Sales, producer for “Skinner,” “Legion of the Night,” “House of the Dead,” “The Bone Snatcher,” “Alone in the Dark” and BloodRayne.”
1957 – Frances McDormand, starred in “Blood Simple” and “Dark Man.”
1955 – Glenn Danzig, musician and avid horror fan was the lead singer of horror punk band The Misfits, which sung almost exclusively about horror movies and later went on to form the bands Samhain and Danzig, also director of “Verotika [2019].”
1953 – Russell Mulchay, directed “Resident Evil: Extinction,” “Razorback,” “Resurrection,” and writer for “Bait,”
1930 – Bob Kelljan, directed “Blacula,” “Scream Blacula Scream,” “Count Yorga” and “The Return of Count Yorga.”
1915 – Dennis Price, appeared in “Son of Dracula,” “Theater of Blood,” “The Erotic Rites of Frankenstein,” “Drácula contra Frankenstein,” “Horror on Snape Island,” “Twins of Evil,” “The Horror of Frankenstein,” “Horror House” and many more.
1900 – Jack Shea, appeared in “Satan’s Satellites” and “Zombies of the Stratosphere.”
1884 – Werner Krauss, appeared in the 1926 version of “The Student of Prague” and in “The Cabinet of Dr. Calagari.”
DIED ON JUNE 23
2022 – Massimo Morante, composer for “Suspiria [1977],” “Dawn of the Dead [1978],” “Tenebrae,” soundtrack for “Shaun of the Dead,” music department for “Deep Red,” “Patrick,” “The Church” and more.
2022 – Chumei Watanabe, composer for “The Depths,” “Black Cat Mansion,” “The Ghost of Yotsuya,” “Yokai Monsters: 100 Monsters,” “Yokai Monsters: Along with Ghosts,” “Jigoku – aka Hell” and “The Haunted Castle.”
2021 – Robert Sacchi, appeared in “The French Sex Murders” and an episode of the TV Series “Tales from the Crypt.”
2021 – Clare Peploe, directed “Chillers – Episode: Sauce for the Goose.”
2019 – Andrey Igorevich Kharitonov, directed “Zazda strasti.”
2015 – Dick Van Patten, appeared in “Beware! The Blob,” “Groom Lake,” “Violent Midnight,” “The Midnight Hour” and an episode of “Kolchak: The Night Stalker.”
2015 – Elizabeth MacLennan, actress in “Hands of the Ripper” and “The House in Nightmare Park.”
2013 – Richard Matheson, acclaimed writer of such novels and screenplays as “The Incredible Shrinking Man,” “Burn, Witch, Burn,” “Pit and the Pendulum,” “I Am Legend,” “The Devil Rides Out,” “‘It’s Alive!’” “Duel,” “The Night Stalker,” “The Legend of Hell House” and many more.
2006 – Aaron Spelling, created and produced many TV series and movies including “Kindred; The Embraced,” “Crowhaven Farm” and “Satan’s School For Girls.”
1998 – Maureen O’Sullivan, actress in “The Devil-Doll,” “Too Scared to Scream” and 2 episodes of the TV Series “Matinee Theatre.”
1944 – Otto Hoffman, appeared in “The Haunted Bedroom,” “The Terror,” “King of the Wild,” “Mystery of the Wax Museum,” “Night of Terror,” “Mad Love,” “The Ghost of Frankenstein” and “The Mummy’s Tomb.”
FILMS RELEASED ON JUNE 23
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy [1955]
Terror-Creatures from the Grave [1965] – Italy
Ben [1972]
Logan’s Run [1976]
The Sender [1998] – Greece video premiere
Hobgoblins 2 [2009]
Legend of the Bog [2009]
Arachnoquake [2012]
The Facility [2012] – UK
Rebound [2014]
Jurassic Prey [2015]
Damned Memory [2016] – TV Movie
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JUNE 24
BORN ON JUNE 24
1980 – Minka Kelly, appeared in “The Pumpkin Karver” and “Devil’s Highway.”
1969 – Jensen Daggett, starred in “Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan.”
1958 – Tommy “Tiny” Lister, appeared in “Wishmaster 2: Evil Never Dies,” “Dracula 3000″ and “Vegas Vampires.”
1950 – Nancy Allen, starred in “Dressed To Kill,” “Robocop, “Children of the Corn 666: Isaac’s Return” and “Carrie.”
1947 – Peter Weller, starred in “Robocop,” “The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai,” “Screamers [1999]” and “Leviathan.”
1936 – Paul L. Smith, appeared in “Haunted Honeymoon,” “Crimewave,” “Dune,” “Pieces” and more.
1929 – Victor Carrabotta, actor in “Haunted Thrills.”
1891 – Irving Pichel appeared in “Dracula’s Daughter” and directed “The Most Dangerous Game.”
1842 – Ambrose Bierce, wrote the story on which the “Twilight Zone” episode “An Occurrence at Owl Creek” was based.
DIED ON JUNE 24
2019 – William Eugene Burrows Jr. [Stage Name: Billy Drago], actor “Night of the Templar,” “The Hills Have Eyes [2006],” “Tremors 4: The Legend Begins,” “Vamp,” “Children of the Corn: Genesis,” and more.
2014 – Eli Wallach, appeared in “Tales of the Unexpected – TV Series,” “The Sentinel,” “Lights Out – TV Series” and more.
2003 – Alex Gordon, produced “The She Creature,”” and “Voodoo Woman.”
FILMS RELEASED ON JUNE 24
The Masque of the Red Death [1964] – USA & UK
Ruby [1977]
The Twilight Zone: The Movie [1983]
Land of the Dead [2005]
Flight of the Living Dead [2007]
Desert of Blood [2008]
No Place Like Home [2008]
The Lodge [2008]
The Shallows [2016]
The Black Phone [2021]
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